The city of Nha Trang in Vietnam. View of the city. Vehicles parked outside a temple entrance. A van leaves the area. Modern buildings in the commercial district. Elaborate houses and hotels. The Nana Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. A swimming pool in a hotel. Other buildings and shacks. A local marketplace. Locals in conical hats sell fruits and vegetables such as bananas and durians. Men and women in shacks and stalls in the market. A young boy stands on a rock structure.
Southeast Asia movie premiere of 'The Ugly American' in Bangkok, Thailand. Hollywood star Marlon Brando and producer-director George Englund arrive in Bangkok for the premiere. Marlon Brando and George Englund disembark from a SAS Convair CV-990A plane “Adils Viking” (SE-DAY) at Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport as photographers take pictures. President Milton Rackmill and Vice President Americo Aboaf of the Universal Pictures at the airport. Many distinguished guests at the premiere of the movie. King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit arrive for the premiere.
Republic of Korea (ROK) troops' Rest and Relaxation (R&R) trip to Bangkok. The Chao Phraya river in the city. Barges and boats in the river. Bridges across the river. Houses along the shore. Palm fringed backwaters. Vegetable and fruit sellers in their boats. Sellers wearing coolie hats.
Republic of Korea (ROK) troops' Rest and Relaxation (R&R) trip to Bangkok. ROK troops boarding a Pan American Douglas DC-6 aircraft. The aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the shoreline from the DC-6 window. The aircraft during approach and landing. The soldiers get off the aircraft, vans arrive to pick them up. A group of soldiers sightseeing. They board a sightseeing boat. Boats and ferries in the water. Soldiers with women in the boat.
Japanese forces entering Thailand, December,1941, in World War 2. Views of trucks filled with Japanese troops making their way through the countryside and into the capital, Bangkok. Japanese flags are visible many places. Japanese troops take up positions throughout the city. A Japanese soldier distributes leaflets to a crowd of local people. Among landmarks seen in the capital, Bangkok, are the Democracy monument and the American Consulate. (Note: Thailand declared war on the United States,January 25, 1942. After brief incarceration, the U.S.Ambassador, Willys R. Peck, left Thailand on June 29, 1942.)
Civilian citizens in Bangkok, Thailand in World War II. View of a street in Bangkok. Buses, streetcars, and vehicles on the road. Soldiers douse the fire caused by American bombing. Soldiers and civilians fight fire.